Abstract:
We establish that, in a universally complete complex $K$-space with a fixed multiplicative structure, the $\sigma$-distributivity of the base is equivalent to each of the following assertions: (1) every band preserving linear operator is order bounded; (2) there are no nonzero derivations; (3) every band preserving endomorphism is a band projection; (4) there are no nontrivial band preserving automorphisms.
Keywords:vector lattice, $f$-algebra, band preserving operator, derivation, automorphism.